It's hard to believe Glee ended all the way back in 2015, but it's also sometimes hard to believe the Fox series aired for six whole seasons, involving multiple generations of students and somehow making it work when Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) and Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) moved away to New York, effectively splitting the show in two. People even auditioned to be dramatic, music-obsessed high-schoolers in two seasons of the reality competition show The Glee Project. Wowza.

Earlier this month, Twitter user @alisonluffs started an instantly viral thread that called attention to the more absurd aspects of the show, which was was beloved during its earlier seasons and even hailed by the New York Times as "witty" and "imaginative." The first tweet read, "Reply with your favorite terrible glee plotline mine is when mercedes throws a rock through kurt’s windshield and sings bust your windows bc she finds out he’s gay and she liked him."

That original tweet racked up 60,000 likes and nearly 2,000 responses, as fans of Glee both reminisced on quirkier moments and also called out some problematic scenes. One memorable story arc? "When finn finds a grilled cheese that looks like jesus so he gets super religious for a few days." Another user tacked on, "Aand then when it got eaten he sang 'losing my religion.'"

Another person mentioned that a Darren Criss storyline was abruptly thrown in. "That one time Blaine got blinded by a rock salt slushy during the Michael Jackson tribute episode and ended up having surgery and it was never talked about again," the fan wrote. A potential reason for that scene? Fans think Blaine's absence gave Darren time to be on Broadway before returning to the show.

A Twitter user also pointed out a somewhat unbelievable plot line in season two, writing, "I can’t believe nobody in this thread has mentioned the time Sam became a Justin Bieber tribute artist because he thought it’d make Quinn think he was sexier and.. it.. worked......"

After the original cast graduated from McKinley High School, fans noticed that things started to go downhill.

"Blaine getting kicked out of NYADA when he was depressed, while Rachel felt too good for the school and quit, and then was let back in after harassing Whoopi Goldberg about it. And then doubting whether she needed it after all?!" one person wrote, before adding, "Also Sue being pregnant. And also Sue finally there to help the Glee Club and then went back to her fued [sic] with Will over a plastic spoon. Plus Blaine, Rachel and Kurt ending up in Ohio as coaches of Glee teams, when they graduated like 1-2 years before and weren’t teachers."

And then there was the series's mishandling of serious topics, including violence, mental health, and sexual assault. "Didn't becky bring a gun to school once?" a person on Twitter asked. "Oh and ryder tells the others about being molested as a child and the other boys make fun of him and say he should be glad that an older woman was interested in him and it was never mentioned again."

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"And nearly forgot the ep where Beiste was used as an image by the guys and Tina to not want sex anymore.. Which was so gross. And how Will gave Beiste her first kiss and acted like she should be thankful..." one person wrote. Another mentioned the arc when Kitty takes revenge on Marley (Melissa Benoist, who now stars in Supergirl on the CW) for getting the lead in Grease by shrinking her clothes to make her think she's gained weight — the two then become friends. "...That entire thing rubbed me the wrong way it was weird," the person wrote.

But even though Glee is firmly in the past, it's cathartic to think about the endless, strange storylines and how they come off in the present, as well as how far we've come in the conversations around sexuality, body positivity, gender, and race since even the early 2010s — and how far there still is to go.

Perhaps one fan said it best: "The entire series is my favorite terrible plot line."

Oh, and don't forget about this holiday moment, involving Sarah Jessica Parker, Shangela, and "Let's Have a Kiki." Happy Thanksgiving!